tarboat's photos with the keyword: railways

It's a cold, cold place and the snow lies deep. The afternoon sun is already beginning to set as a train of empty coal wagons heads for the hills and the mines beyond on the Huanan Coal Railway.

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My first visit to the Irish Republic came in May 1982 and having travelled overnight from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire it was a case of catching the train which turned out to comprise a motley collection of coaches and a generator van hauled by this C class BoBo. Seen here on arrival at Dublin Connolly this locomotive was one of a batch supplied by Metropolitan Vickers in 1956 from their Dukinfield works. Originally powered by a Crossley ESTV8, the engine proved to be unreliable and they were eventually replaced with General Motors power units by CIÉ at Inchicore Works, Dublin.

SY 1017 makes an early morning departure at the Pingzhuang washery.